Meet the Social Sciences
Individual Grows Up
Decisions, Decisions
Individual Roles
Many Faces
100
The study of human behaviour based on mental or emotional processes.
What is psychology?
100
The transmission of genetic characteristics to offspring.
What is heredity?
100
A ranking system that arranges the content in order of importance.
What is a hierarchy?
100
Fulfilling gender stereotypes in our everyday life.
What are gender roles?
100
A possible explanation that leads to further investigation.
What is an hypothesis?
200
The theory that addresses gender equality issues.
What is feminism?
200
The amount of energy used by the body at rest.
What is basal metabolic rate?
200
This theorist believes that social rewards are powerful motivators.
Who is Albert Bandura?
200
The stereotype of the way society thinks you should behave.
What are social norms?
200
According to biological theorists, this is the most important factor in role development.
What is DNA?
300
A research method using numerical data and information.
What is quantitative research?
300
Social component of the (mostly) unconscious mind, responsible for morals, values and stored knowledge.
What is the superego?
300
Society's definition of the way people should behave.
What are social norms?
300
This theorist was most concerned with sexuality.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
300
Sexual stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination.
What is sexism?
400
Robert Merton's perspective on the interpretation of society.
What is the functionalist perspective.
400
A person's desire to achieve and overcome feelings of inadequacy and inferiority.
What is self-actualization?
400
This theorist believed that children need more attention and creative freedom to learn rather than encouragement to develop positive habits.
Who is William Damon?
400
These antonyms mean to be shy and to be outgoing.
What are introverted and extroverted?
400
Households that consist of grandparents and grandchildren and no middle generation.
What are skip generation households?
500
The study of society using a scientific method to try to predict social outcomes.
What is Marxist Theory?
500
A theory that explains individual choices based on a person's perception of him or her self and others.
What is symbolic interaction?
500
This man described types of social movements that pursue varying degrees of change in individuals and society.
Who is David F. Aberle?
500
Both culture and ethnicity largely impact this part of development.
What is individual role development?
500
Aging baby boomers, lower fertility rates and an increase in life expectancy are factors that influence this, the study of human populations.
What is demography?
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